[Bug 1510237] Re: Software Center doesn't start on systems in Esperanto

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This bug was fixed in the package software-center - 16.01+16.04.20160119

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software-center (16.01+16.04.20160119) xenial; urgency=medium

  * Patch from Robin van der Vilet to not crash on locales with no
    country. (LP: #1510237)

 -- Iain Lane <iain at orangesquash.org.uk>  Tue, 19 Jan 2016 17:06:39
+0000

** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu)
       Status: Triaged => Fix Released

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Title:
  Software Center doesn't start on systems in Esperanto

Status in software-center package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  When I start the Software Center it immediately gives me a fatal error
  on my fresh 15.10 installation in Esperanto.

  I got the following traceback when I tried to start the software-
  center from the terminal: http://paste.ubuntu.com/12972133/

  I looked at the traceback and I noticed the error occurred in the file region.py.
  In the method _get_region_dumb we try to split the variable loc with the delimeter "_", but the input string does not contain an underscore in the first place. The variable loc only contains "eo" at this point, since Esperanto is not connected to a certain country there is no country code.

  I managed to fix the method _get_region_dumb by adding a try/except
  statement, but I am not able to do a pull request myself as I am not
  really an expert in Bazaar and branches.

  Could somebody update the method _get_region_dumb in region.py and replace it with the following or an other similar method: http://paste.ubuntu.com/12972109/
  I only added the last try/except statement.

  robin at robin-pc:~$ lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 15.10
  Release:	15.10

  robin at robin-pc:~$ apt-cache policy software-center
  software-center:
    Instalita: 13.10-0ubuntu12
    Kandidato: 13.10-0ubuntu12
    Version table:
   *** 13.10-0ubuntu12 0
          500 http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ wily/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status


  [Impact]
  This bug will prevent the starting of the Ubuntu Software Center on systems installed in the language Esperanto. The fix is so trivial that backporting would be justified.

  [Test Case]
  1) Download an Ubuntu flavour.
  2) Choose the language Esperanto in the installation wizard.
  3) After instalation is complete, start the Ubuntu Software Center (EO: Ubuntu-programarejo).
  4) Nothing happens.
  5) Open the Terminal (EO: Terminalo).
  6) Type "software-center" and press enter.
  7) You will see a traceback, similiar to the one in the bug description.
  8) Apply the patch provided with the bug report.
  9) Now you can start it normally and with the terminal.

  [Regression Potential]
  I do not think there is any way my fix could go wrong, but maybe other people have different opinions about that here.

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